Japanese Prepositions

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Japanese Prepositions

Learning the Japanese Prepositions displayed below is vital to the language. Japanese prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:

English Prepositions

Japanese Prepositions

Prepositions

zenchishi - 前置詞

inside the house

okunai de - 屋内で

outside the car

shagai de - 車外で

with me

watashi to issho ni - 私と一緒に

without him

kare nashi de - 彼なしで

under the table

teeburu no shita ni - テーブルの下に

after tomorrow

asatte - 明後日

before sunset

nichibotsu mae - 日没前

but I'm busy

shikashi , watashi wa isogashii desu - しかし、私は忙しいです

Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Japanese.

List of Prepositions in Japanese

Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Japanese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Japanese vocabulary.

English Prepositions

Japanese Prepositions

about

yaku - 約

above

ue ni - 上に

across

yokogit te - 横切って

after

atoni - 後に

against

ni taishi te - に対して

among

no aida ni - の間に

around

no mawari ni - の周りに

as

toshite - として

at

ni - に

before

mae - 前

behind

ushiro ni - 後ろに

below

shita ni - 下に

beneath

shita ni - 下に

beside

yoko ni - 横に

between

no aida ni - の間に

beyond

koe te - 越えて

but

shikashi - しかし

by

niyotte - によって

despite

ni mo kakawara zu - にもかかわらず

down

shita ni - 下に

during

aida ni - 間に

except

nozoi te - 除いて

for

no tame ni - のために

from

kara - から

in

naka de - 中で

inside

naibu de - 内部で

into

naka ni - 中に

near

chikaku ni - 近くに

next

tsugi no - 次の

of

no - の

on

ue ni - 上に

opposite

hantai no - 反対の

out

soto de - 外で

outside

soto gawa de - 外側で

over

ue ni - 上に

per

goto ni - ごとに

plus

to - と

round

mawari ni - 周りに

since

kara - から

than

yori - より

through

made - まで

till

made - まで

to

ni - に

toward

ni mukat te - に向かって

under

shita ni - 下に

unlike

to wa chigat te - とは違って

until

made - まで

up

ue ni - 上に

via

keiyu shi te - 経由して

with

to - と

within

naibu ni - 内部に

without

nashi de - なしで

two words

futa koto - 二言

according to

ni yoru to - によると

because of

no tame ni - のために

close to

no chikaku ni - の近くに

due to

no tame ni - のために

except for

wo nozoi te - を除いて

far from

tooi - 遠い

inside of

no naka ni - の中に

instead of

no kawari ni - の代わりに

near to

no chikaku ni - の近くに

next to

no tonari ni - の隣に

outside of

no soto gawa ni - の外側に

prior to

no mae ni - の前に

three words

mittsu no kotoba - 三つの言葉

as far as

kagiri - 限り

as well as

dake de naku - だけでなく

in addition to

ni kuwae te - に加えて

in front of

no mae ni - の前に

in spite of

ni mo kakawara zu - にもかかわらず

on behalf of

ni kawat te - に代わって

on top of

no ue ni - の上に

demonstrative pronouns

shiji zenchishi - 指示前置詞

this

kono - この

that

sono - その

these

korera no - これらの

those

sorera no - それらの

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